Overview
- Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest kicks off Monday at 3pm UK at Stamford Bridge, live on Sky Sports, with Chelsea offering live audio on their official app.
- Forest head coach Vitor Pereira lists Murillo, Jair Cunha, Dan Ndoye and Ibrahim Sangare as doubts, Ola Aina is being assessed after a knock, and Callum Hudson-Odoi is out for the season.
- Interim Chelsea manager Calum McFarlane says Reece James and Levi Colwill could return after training, offering a lift after five straight league defeats without a goal under the previous regime.
- Forest arrive unbeaten in nine matches in all competitions and sit five points above the relegation zone with four games left, which could widen with a win depending on other results.
- The visitors also manage a Europa League semi-final second leg later in the week after a 1-0 first-leg win over Aston Villa, adding selection and fatigue questions to the league task.